Halifax
[ˈhælɪfæks]
The verdict
“Halifax” is uncommon German (frequency #62,485 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,485
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der kanadischen Provinz Neuschottland
Corpus desk
Index DE-halifax · Halifax · German
Halifax · rank #62,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,485
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haines
Nearest frequency peer: Haines (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Halifax“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hae
hae
37,519 corpus weight
- Haff
Haff
37,518 corpus weight
- Haines
Haines
37,517 corpus weight
- Halifax
Halifax
37,516 corpus weight
- handhabt
handhabt
37,514 corpus weight
- Hanswurst
Hanswurst
37,513 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Halifax“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halifax |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈhælɪfæks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halifax“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halifax is uncommon German at frequency #62,485 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhælɪfæks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Halifax doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Halifax, spelled H-A-L-I-F-A-X.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der kanadischen Provinz Neuschottland
- 2Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft West Yorkshire in Nordengland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Halifax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im kanadischen Halifax kollidierte ein französisches Munitionsschiff mit 2300 Tonnen Pikrinsäure […] und 200 Tonnen TNT an Bord mit einem anderen Schiff und explodierte.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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